Stayathome orders. Those are some of our top headlines on this monday, april 27th. We are entering the final days of april 2020. Hard to believe, may is coming. We do begin with the push to ramp up testing and reopen the country as the Coronavirus Claims more american lives. Today the governor of texas will announce his plan to end stayathome orders with some restrictions set to be lifted on thursday. New jerseys governor will also unveil a roadmap for reopening, but he says those first steps are several weeks away. Theres more progress in new york where the Navy Hospital ship comfort discharged its last patient with covid19 and is heading back to virginia this week. The state reported 367 deaths. The oneday total dipping below 400 for the first time this month. Protesters were out in san diego calling for the lockdown to end. Some of them carrying signs saying covid is a lie. More than 965,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus across the country. And nearly 55,000 americ
The death toll has increased to at least six after nearly two dozen tornados ripped across the south. One of the largest twisters touched down in southern oklahoma where the entire small town of madill is without power. There was widespread damage to homes and businesses. Another destructive tornado hit southeastern texas north of houston, uprooting trees, knocking down power lines, and slamming into dozens of homes. Turning to Financial Relief for families suffering during this financial and economic crisis. With so many people stuck at home and fewer cars on the road, Insurance Companies enjoying a cash windfall from fewer accidents are now giving back to their policyholders. Bc bory. Kids. T nal that means big cars and big insurance premiums. Their bill, 315 a month for their two cars. But since the shutdown, their needs have changed. We have not moved our cars from our driveway. Theyve basically just been sitting there for almost a month now. Reporter so zero miles on the road, zer
Covid19. This is at the msc south shelter right off of fifth street. Abc7 News Reporter stephanie sierra following with the latest, and she joins us live from the newsroom. Stephanie . Yes, larry, this is one of the largest known covid outbreaks in the bay area at a homeless shelter of the 70 people tested positive, 68 are living at the shelter. The other two are Staff Members. Here is what we know about the shelter. Its part of the st. Vincent de paul society of San Francisco. Mayor breed made it clear this shelter was a known hot spot on any given night. The shelter accommodates more than 340 people. But as of last night, there were only 100 people in the shelter as many others are now being housed in hotel rooms. Because of that, breed says the shelter was able to quickly transition into a medical facility, even touting the city was both prepared and quick to respond to this outbreak. But San Francisco supervisor matt heaney, an outspoken advocate for the homeless says just the oppo
Quarantined will be quarantined. Those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Abc7 News Reporter kate larsen spoke with people on board that ship. And kate, how is everybody reacting to this . This has to be the worst possible news they were hoping to receive anyway. Reporter thats exactly what they said. This is the worst possible outcome from the coronavirus test. I spoke to four different families, all of them are understandably concerned and disappointed that 21 tests came back positive. But everyone has been in remarkably good spirits since they are on a quarantined ship. Another thing they were disappointed about is they got this news from the tvs. They were watching the news, heard the announcement from Vice President pence. They would have preferred to hear it from the princess cruise line, the captain, who did eventually make this announcement. You may have heard this on the news by the media already, and we were apologize, but we were not given advanced no
Community health. San francisco, social no more, Health Officials called for concerts, conferences and sporting events to be canceled to help curb the coronavirus. Stanford University Also taking precautions, now moving all classes for the remainder of the quarter online. Two people in florida died from the virus after traveling overseas. Closer to home, former cases were identified in Santa Clara County and the fbi said a bay area employee tested positive for the virus. The grand princess cruise ship remains on hold, and we learned that 21 at a 46 people that were tested are confirmed to have the coronavirus. 19 of which are crewmembers. Debora villalon is live now at the terminal with new developments. Reporter well we know that ship is not coming in to this or any other commercial terminal. Not with people on board testing positive. What is still unclear is where it goes next. We will be testing everyone on the ship. We will be quarantining as necessary. Vice president mike pence an